Jose Mourinho has resigned from the UEFA Football Board after only two months, expressing his dissatisfaction with European football’s regulatory body.
In April, the outspoken Portuguese was invited to join an organisation founded by ex-AC Milan great Zvonimir Boban and former referee Roberto Rosetti, with numerous notable former players and coaches tasked with bringing about good change. Mourinho, on the other hand, has resigned after receiving a four-match suspension for his foul-mouthed diatribe directed at Premier League match official Anthony Taylor following Roma’s penalty shootout defeat to Sevilla in the Europa League final.
WHAT THEY SAID: Mourinho has said in a letter sent to UEFA, which was not addressed to president Aleksandar Ceferin: “Dear Mr. Boban, in thanking you for the invitation you extended to me to be a member of the UEFA Football Board, I regret to inform you that, effective immediately, I will be renouncing to my participation in this group. The conditions which I so strongly believed in when I joined are no longer standing and I felt the obligation to take this decision. I kindly ask that you also communicate my decision to the President Mr. Aleksander Ceferin. Kind regards, Jose Mourinho.”
THE BIGGER PICTURE: Mourinho was incensed by the performance of Taylor and his team of officials during a continental showpiece in Budapest and was caught on camera branding the English referee a “f*cking disgrace”.
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WHAT NEXT? Mourinho collected three red cards during the 2022-23 campaign, as he butted heads with Serie A officials on a regular basis, and has seen a move to Ligue 1 giants Paris Saint-Germain speculated on as he approaches the final year of his contract in Italy.
